Fortune Bananas
Faithful reader Brenna Hanly suggested I do a campaign for bananas. “If milk did the whole Got Milk thing, why couldn’t, y’know, bananas do something?” I could pretty much stop the post right there as I think that’s the funniest thing I’ve ever heard, however I’ll hold a quick tissue session in my head and see if anything comes up.
Turns out milk advertising is funded by the National Milk Producers Federation, which by the way sounds like an amazing place to work. I’ve heard the top three most creative office spaces in the United States are Pixar, Google and the National Milk Producers Federation. I can only imagine the excitement and wonder that is working at the NMPF, answering to a guy like this-
-and having to explain why your report on mammalian lacteal secretions isn’t ready for publication.
Well, bananas is funded by nobody. Nobody gives a crap about bananas. It appears, after an exhaustive 3 minute Google search that bananas do not have their own governing body, they’re at the mercy of Dole and Chiquita, who are responsible for advertising like this.
If I thought there was creative freedom at The Ad Agency In My Mind, evidently I have not worked for the Japanese. I must remind myself anytime I’m feeling creatively stifled that I could easily go to Tokyo, fart on a plate and film it to much public ado.
Upon further reflection, it turns out that some people do, in fact, care about bananas.
The obvious choice here would be to recruit Ms. Stefani to be the official spokeswoman for our favorite distended tropical fruit, however I have another idea. Against better judgment, I’m drawing inspiration from my fellow creatives from the Far East, from the mystical lands of the Orient. What I’m speaking of, dear readers, is Fortune Bananas.
Man if bananas had fortunes on their peels I’d be eating one every day. Don’t lie, you would too. And while we’re at it, email me what you’d like on one of these peels and I’ll feature it on the blog. Bite that, Ogilvy- you might feel the sting of one-upsmanship, sir, but at least you’ll enjoy a healthy dose of potassium.
